According to an article published in Quote Data, Tufton Oceanic Assets Limited (SHIP) has announced that it has acquired a Handysize Bulk Carrier for US$7.0m.
Increase in fleet strength
This acquisition takes SHIP’s fleet to sixteen vessels, leaving it with approximately US$15m of cash available for investment. Tufton Oceanic continues to identify a pipeline of opportunities across a range of the company’s target sectors.
About the handysize bulk carrier
This latest purchase has a fixed rate time charter for six to eight months to a major agricultural commodity trading and logistics company. SHIP says that the yield during the charter is in line with its targets (as per its prospectus of 25 September 2018).
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Source: QuoteData
